This Game Is So Bad, Konami Doesn't Acknowledge It

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  • It was common for game developers to slightly alter a game in order to fit a certain demand. One of the most famous examples is Super Mario Bros 2. When the sequel to Super Mario Bros wasn’t well fit for American audiences, Nintendo took a different game they made prior and recycled it to be a Mario game. When Konami’s prototype “Arc Hound” got shelved, they released it under the name “Contra Force” in the US, despite Arc Hound originally having no relation to the Contra franchise. Konami does not acknowledge this game as an official Contra game. Why not? In this video, we’re going to try to find out.
    Konami brochure about Arch Hound: web.archive.org/web/200605051...
    Konami brochure about Arch Hound #2: web.archive.org/web/201603040...
    Gaming Historian, History of Super Mario Bros 2: • The Story of Super Mar...
    Chapters:
    0:00 Introduction
    1:46 Prototypes
    2:28 Kid Klown
    3:15 Super Mario Bros 2
    3:44 Arc Hound
    4:45 Contra & Super C
    5:31 Contra Force Review
    12:10 Contra 4
    13:36 Conclusion
    14:46 Outtro
    15:25 Outtakes
    Thanks to Anna Hinckel on Pexels.com for the stock footage.
    Special thanks to LostForest and Gentleman.BOSS for the music in this episode. Also, special thanks to streambeats.com for some of the other music features in this video.
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ความคิดเห็น • 41

  • @forestwanderer
    @forestwanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The first boss isn't JUST a human. It's a 10 FOOT TALL human lol.

  • @give_me_my_nick_back
    @give_me_my_nick_back 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Nah this game is awesome! I had my mind blown when I run it first time as a kid, I mean the graphics and the level of interactions was on another level compared to all the other NES games, I think people just expected something else with higer difficulty and faster paste but as is, it is a great game but by no means similar to the main contra games. I liked it being much slower and easier than the real contra games.

  • @richardcooper
    @richardcooper 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've been watching all your recent videos for a while now, and today this one shows up, from 1 year ago. Even then your content is awesome and you can see you have kept improving and come a long way, now at 11.5 K subscribers. Keep up. the good work, some much research in every video, see you soon in the next one.

  • @BigFunnyGiant
    @BigFunnyGiant 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    TH-cam has been recommending your older videos, and I’m glad. I forgot about this weird game.

  • @LaughinMyButtOff
    @LaughinMyButtOff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoyed the video as always, very informative. Also Love that you include the footage of your bloopers.

  • @DanglyLingham
    @DanglyLingham ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way you do videos is relaxing .. the way tv used to be in the 80s. 'well done.

  • @davemarx7856
    @davemarx7856 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the blooper real. I am a firm believer in bloopers after movies and enjoy seeing it on the youtubes too.

  • @sunnypareya
    @sunnypareya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:00 because of this, i completed this mission so easily....& Still I love Its Soundtrack..

    • @pojr
      @pojr  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you're definitely right, the music is fantastic in this game, especially stage 1

  • @austinreed7343
    @austinreed7343 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There are a number of other Contra games not counted in the series timeline; the early 3D games are not, and I don’t know if Rogue Corps is included.

  • @MrMegaManFan
    @MrMegaManFan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s not a bad game, it’s just not a Contra game. Reskinning it was a huge mistake.

  • @FeralInferno
    @FeralInferno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember playing this for the first time at a friend's house and being disappointed after like five minutes. Contra Force reminds me of the theme & sluggishness of Green Beret, the Gradius power-up system, and with some light Contra flavors mixed in.

  • @SnipeMD
    @SnipeMD ปีที่แล้ว

    The infinite Contra Force jump walked so that the infinite Sonic Boom Knuckles jump could walk even harder.

  • @syntaxerror9994
    @syntaxerror9994 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think I've seen enough Displaced Gamer to understand the pause jump glitch...
    It's core game loop is a bunch of jump statements to handle the various things the game has to do including checking if you're on the ground. There's probably some kind of flag that gets checked and the pause screen is taking you back to a point when the flag gets reset to do the first ground check.
    It's just a guess... I don't know that stuff.

  • @cl82486
    @cl82486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This channel is so underrated. Keep up the good work. Excellent content!

    • @pojr
      @pojr  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thanks so much man!

  • @eightcoins4401
    @eightcoins4401 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I thought this was gonna be on Metal Gear 2. An entirely different game from the Metal Gear II on DOS

  • @PeeNCee
    @PeeNCee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I got Contra Force back when it was hated and cheap. The shop I got it from had it labeled as "contra 3" in his price book. (3 ring binder times 😂)

  • @B33FY2011
    @B33FY2011 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The reason it's not officially acknowledged by Konami as a legitimate Contra game could be because it was the Japanese game Arc Hound. It was nothing at all to do with Contra.
    The only thing connecting it to Contra is the name, nothing more.

  • @caiusmadison2996
    @caiusmadison2996 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It literally lacks Red Falcon "Gromaidas", the humans that choose to infect themselves with alien and machine DNA/Nanotech to become the evil Red Falcon Regime. Basically, it lacks the Nazis that chose to align with aliens and living machines, which is what Gryzor/Contra is at heart, our resistance to this allegiance, using backflips and multiple heavy weapons. So cool, while this game Contra Force didnt even pretend to be Contra. It was just a similar but not same run and gun. This probably should have been Rush-N-Attack 2. That would have made sense, as its just marines fighting people on docks by in large, like Rush-N-Attack was.

  • @Lord_Humungus
    @Lord_Humungus ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The "music" is way louder than your voice

  • @jeenkzk5919
    @jeenkzk5919 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if anyone’s ever tried to fix their issues with the game and also make it look a little more like contra

  • @cinemint
    @cinemint 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How the heck is this video not more popular?? I thought this was made by one of the AAA youtube channels when it launched lol

    • @pojr
      @pojr  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      im super flattered by this comment, thank you! I've definitely grown a lot. still a small channel but I'm happy with where I'm at so far.

  • @andressierra2256
    @andressierra2256 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I played this game in South America by middle 90s we already saw contra 3 in SNES, so we were glad to see another contra game for the NES. Despite the issues, It is a funny game

  • @joeyfarris2543
    @joeyfarris2543 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beans seems like a gassy character to me😂😂

  • @dendroleon
    @dendroleon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    quality content, keep up the good work

    • @pojr
      @pojr  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank man, always appreciate it!

  • @AngryCalvin
    @AngryCalvin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When the Contra collection came out my only question was where was this game?
    Ok so it's the worst of them but I prefer to have this game over a Gameboy version.

  • @lukesmith9692
    @lukesmith9692 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ive had to sell my collection to pay bills and rent 😢. Now its galatic crusader

  • @hotuorbit
    @hotuorbit 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I played Contra Force and now I don't understand why it's considered a bad game by most people. It's an obstacle course game. You figure out how to get passed each part. People seem to base their opinion solely on the fact that it's not really a Contra game. You're right, it's not one, so stop comparing it to Contra so much. That kind of criticism would be excusable if we didn't know that, but now we do, so all those points are moot now.

  • @jonathanjohnston1064
    @jonathanjohnston1064 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its not a bug. Its a feature

  • @lukesmith9692
    @lukesmith9692 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ive been watching every TH-camr ever about NES. I love mike matai, avgn( needs to retire) benevolent dck and you are the best

  • @intel386DX
    @intel386DX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The graphics and the music are fantasic ,bur the gameplay has vary bad show downs.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you hit it right on the nose. great presentation, poor gameplay.

    • @intel386DX
      @intel386DX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pojr yes ☺️ I wrote the comment before I heard you mentioning exactly this

    • @intel386DX
      @intel386DX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pojr BTW we in estern Europe back in a day we got this game as Contra 6 in jaanise with japanise title screen . You make Fsmtaric videos thanks 👍

  • @completelygonerecordings
    @completelygonerecordings ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. I bought CF when it first came out. Couldn't stand it. It was nothing like the Contra I loved. Even with a game genie the game was quite frustrating. Graphics and gameplay were pretty bad with slowdowns. Regardless. I'm sure somebody out there absolutely loves it.

  • @bobbynick5358
    @bobbynick5358 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonder why this game never got rom hacks to make it better?
    Fix the frame rates, Rebalance gameplay, and Redo the sprite work?